Call to jail spear gun killer for life

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John Myles Sharpe, the man who murdered his pregnant wife and
daughter with a spear gun, should never be released, the Supreme
Court heard yesterday.

His premeditated, calculated and callous murder of his wife,
Anna Marie Kemp - who was five months pregnant - and their
20-month-old daughter, Gracie Louise, meant Sharpe should spend the
rest of his life in jail, prosecutor Jeremy Rapke, QC, said.

Sharpe, 38, pleaded guilty last month to two counts of murder
after killing the pair four days apart in March last year. He later
dumped the bodies at a tip. Sharpe's lawyer, Jane Dixon, said there
had never been a case in which a murderer was given life without
parole after pleading guilty.

Justice Bernard Bongiorno adjourned the pre-sentence hearing to
next month. Sharpe will be sentenced at a later date.